Move Maps & YouTube to the SD Card

This is a discussion on Move Maps & YouTube to the SD Card within the LG Optimus V forums, part of the LG Android Phones category; I managed to free up some internal space by moving Maps, Voice Search, Google Search, and YouTube to the SD Card.
(Only works with those ...

Move Maps & YouTube to the SD Card

I managed to free up some internal space by moving Maps, Voice Search, Google Search, and YouTube to the SD Card.
(Only works with those apps which re-downloadable from the market)

First, you MUST have a rooted phone.
Install Move2SD Enabler with External enabled and a file explorer with similar functionality to Root Explorer (ability to r/w system folders).
I personally use Root Explorer.

Not required, but I also use App 2 SD (the app). I find it very handy and a better overview of moveable apps than the built-in app manager.

Go into the /system/app folder and delete the apk's.
Also go into the /data/app folder and delete the update apk's
Reboot into recovery and wipe the dalvik-cache.
Reboot the phone.
Go into the Market and redownload the removed apps.
They should now be installed on your SD card freeing up a little bit more internal space on your phone.

I managed to free up some internal space by moving Maps, Voice Search, Google Search, and YouTube to the SD Card.
(Only works with those apps which re-downloadable from the market)

First, you MUST have a rooted phone.
Install Move2SD Enabler with External enabled and a file explorer with similar functionality to Root Explorer (ability to r/w system folders).
I personally use Root Explorer.

Not required, but I also use App 2 SD (the app). I find it very handy and a better overview of moveable apps than the built-in app manager.

Go into the /system/app folder and delete the apk's.
Also go into the /data/app folder and delete the update apk's
Reboot into recovery and wipe the dalvik-cache.
Reboot the phone.
Go into the Market and redownload the removed apps.
They should now be installed on your SD card freeing up a little bit more internal space on your phone.

I do this but when I try to delete the apk files it says the file is read only. How can I get this move to SD it's causing my phone to run out of space regularly and I only have FB, Mail, contacts and Maps on internal memory.

I do this but when I try to delete the apk files it says the file is read only. How can I get this move to SD it's causing my phone to run out of space regularly and I only have FB, Mail, contacts and Maps on internal memory.

Thanks,

Flavia

From above: "and a file explorer with similar functionality to Root Explorer (ability to r/w system folders).
I personally use Root Explorer."

From above: "and a file explorer with similar functionality to Root Explorer (ability to r/w system folders).
I personally use Root Explorer."

Yes...I had that done too. The instructions didn't mention that one needs to mount to R/W before trying to delete. Did that and now I have only Market on internal memory.
AND still only 30MB free out of the 147.62 MB available..WTH?

I love android and love my HTC Desire but the lack of internal memory just sucks.

I managed to free up some internal space by moving Maps, Voice Search, Google Search, and YouTube to the SD Card.
(Only works with those apps which re-downloadable from the market)

First, you MUST have a rooted phone.
Install Move2SD Enabler with External enabled and a file explorer with similar functionality to Root Explorer (ability to r/w system folders).
I personally use Root Explorer.

Not required, but I also use App 2 SD (the app). I find it very handy and a better overview of moveable apps than the built-in app manager.

Go into the /system/app folder and delete the apk's.
Also go into the /data/app folder and delete the update apk's
Reboot into recovery and wipe the dalvik-cache.
Reboot the phone.
Go into the Market and redownload the removed apps.
They should now be installed on your SD card freeing up a little bit more internal space on your phone.

What if I cant go into recovery to delete dalvik-cache?

I used gingerbreak 1.2 to root my phone...& no custom ROM installed yet.

Great info, I think I may have messed this up somehow, works for most apps but gmail and streetview, when trying to reinstall these 2 I get an error "application cannot be installed in the default location" any ideas?

I searched online to move files from my internal memory to sd card and this post did the trick. The only thing that surprised me is I guess the .apk files automatically load back into the internal memory but the apps I moved were on the sd card (YouTube, Voice Search and Maps). I would have moved Google Search as well, but I wasn't sure which .apk file it was, so I left it on the phone for the time being. The phone said I had 32 mb in internal memory, now it is showing 23 mb. All in all I'm still happy having more phone memory, but is there more I can do other than installing a custom ROM (which, honestly, I think is a bit over my head). I'm hoping to move to an Optimus Slider, so I'm not in a hurry to add more to this phone. I do want to thank the original poster for the information.

Android.net is not affiliated with Google or any of the device manufacturers listed on this site.We are an Android Enthusiast site.Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.